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[Hot Chocolate Festival 2023] Honolulu Coffee and Fluffy Rain Cloud

Posted in Beverage, Cafe, Chocolate, Dessert, Downtown Vancouver, Drinks, Hot Chocolate Festival, Joyce, Restaurants, Sweets, Vancouver, tagged Chocolate Cake, cotton candy, Donut, Honolulu Coffee, hot chocolate, Hot Chocolate Festival, Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival on January 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Another stop of my Hot Chocolate Festival quest this year is Honolulu Coffee. I had a media preview of their two creations at the downtown Nelson location.

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[VanFoodies eat Montreal] Chez Boris – A Taste of Russian Donuts

Posted in Breakfast, Cafe, Coffee, Dessert, European, Joyce, Montreal, Restaurants, Snacks, Tea, Travel, tagged Beignet, Chez Boris, Donut, hipster, latte, Montreal, Ponchiki, Quebec, Roiboos, Russian Donuts on July 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

It was part of my mission to visit a cafe in Montreal, to experience drinking coffee in this European-like city. I was looking for something with more character, and that led me to Chez Boris.

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I ordered a Latte and Mr. ordered a caffeine-free Roiboos Tea. They serve Kittel and 49th Parallel coffee/espresso, and tea from Pure Tea. The Latte was good, served at the right temperature, coffee was not burnt and it was creamy.

The highlight of the visit wasn’t the drinks, but the donuts (beignets) they serve. They are Russian style donuts (ponchiki), which frankly, I had no idea what that means until I looked it up.
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